AWARDS
2019
Trebbia International Award
2018
Prix Courage 2018 “Lifetime Award”
Genex Human Focus Award
Honorary Doctorate by the University of Zurich
2016
Jonas Furrer Preis
2015
Dübi Award 2015, Fine Arts
2011
Delphic Art Movie Award. Special prize “Protection of Intangible Heritage” for the film ‘For Gods Only’
2004
Patronage of UNESCO Switzerland for For Gods Only
1992
LIFE Magazine, Best Fashion Picture of the Year
1988
Elle France, Best Fashion Photographer
COLLECTIONS
Private Basler Stiftung
Fachstelle Kultur des Kantons Zürich (Culture Agency of the Canton of Zurich)
Fotostiftung Schweiz (Swiss Foundation for Photography), Winterthur
Julius Baer Art Collection, Zurich
Museum Folkwang, Essen
Collection Rainer-Marc Frey, Zurich
Collection Per Gunnar Strømberg Rasmussen, Bergen, Norway
PROJECTS
2012 – ongoing
Smiling Gecko, charitable project in Cambodia
2009
Divas+Heroes
2003 – 2020
Realising the American Myth – Infinite series
2001 – 06
The Bonneville Project: “Bonneville The Final Run”. Formula 1 | Cinema film and photography
1998 – 2011
For Gods Only – Chinese ritual street opera in Singapore with blended photography and calligraphy (today under the patronage of UNESCO Switzerland/United Nations)
1998 – 2008
Charity projects/campaigns for the Swiss Paraplegic Association & Pro Infirmis, Switzerland
1993 – 2002
Re-creation of the Marlboro Man for Leo Burnett/Phillip Morris (some of these images were
later re-appropriated by Richard Prince)
1984 – 2001
Private Essays on Daytona’s bike week, the life of Belize Mennonites, the widows of
Potosi in Bolivia, Maha Kumbh Mela in India (The Flow of Life), Thaipusam festival in Singapore, etc
1984 – 2002
Fashion photography for magazines and fashion designer labels;
Best Fashion Photographer in 1988
Live Magazine Best Picture of the Year in 1992
1977 – 1984
Behind-the-scenes of Rock’n’Roll Stars: Up close and Personal. Accompanied Bands on tour from A like ABBA to Z like Zappa.
1974 – 1977
Travelled through South East Asia | Sumatra, Borneo, China, India, Tibet, Indonesia (DAni & Lani tribes in Irian Jaya) etc
1970 – 1974
Travelled through Africa | Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt; Landscape and portrait photography of inhabitants, eg El Molos on Lake Turkana; Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya etc.
WORK PUBLISHED IN
Vogue, Men’s Vogue, GQ, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Depèche Mode, Marie Claire, Donna, Harper’s Bazaar, DU, Stern, Das Magazin (Tages Anzeiger Zurich), Condé Nast Traveller, Travel & Leisure, Max, Amica, Gala, Pop, Musik Express, et al
COMMISSIONS
Armani, Bally, Joop, Kenzo, Levis, Sisley, Swatch, et al